Track Listing
1. At Ease
2. Bad Day
3. Violet Walk
4. Snake Oil
5. Three Lilies
6. Secrets
7. Lily and the Stranger
8. My Shape
9. Circles
10. This Again
11. Iraqi Sky
12. Joshua
13. Cadence
AT EASE
Out on my own in the year
of the black and white stills
all frozen in frames
I cannot picture you
What has that place done to you?
Do you want to go back,
do you want to be free
or get away from me?
I just want to be safe,
and I’m wearing your tags
like an undercover you
disguised as an angel
Now I look at you babe
when you’re safely asleep
like an undercover me
disguised as an angel
Oh, at ease
Out on my own in the year
of the black and white stills
all frozen in frames
I cannot picture you
What has that place done to you?
Do you want to go back,
do you want to be free
or get away from me?
I just want to be safe,
and I’m wearing your tags
like an undercover you
disguised as the devil
Now I look at you babe
when you’re safely asleep
like an undercover me
disguised as the devil
I just want to be safe,
and I’m wearing your tags
like an undercover you
disguised as a soldier
Now I look at you babe
when you’re under my sheets
like an undercover me
disguised as a soldier
Oh, at ease
BAD DAY
Oh my god now look at what I’ve done
I’ve gone and hurt somebody
I’m going to be erased
I’ll go back to your place
‘cause you seem to understand
You know where it hurts babe
I’ve had a bad day
I don’t think that you are a mistake
I think that you’re an answer
I’m going to be displaced
And I see that you are writing the same page
I know where it hurts babe
You’ve had a bad day
I’ll see what I can do
But you know there’s gonna be some bad days
I’ll see what I can do
But you know there’s gonna be some bad taste
And I didn’t want to be a bad name
VIOLET WALK
I remember watching you
So sure that I could take you in
traveling into my world
a violet flame cures my freezer burn
In my hand, I feel the softness of this violet petal
So sure that you could
understand this perfect violet petal in my hand
How many lifetimes have we walked?
How deep is this abyss beneath us?
On this long and violet walk
The watchmaker turns his head towards us
But I am growing impatient
So sure that you would let me in
Traveling into your world
is there no cure for your freezer burn?
In my hand, I feel the softness of this violet petal
and I know that nothing’s perfect like
this violet petal in my hand
You carry a wedge and stomp the ground
and I can’t fight this ugly pride
On this long and violet walk
The watchmaker turns his head towards us
Peace leaches out from me
I start to shiver, it's cold
You've got a smart head on your shoulders
Why do you have to be so dense?
I am slipping, wearing thin
and being driven away
You're too proud to give into me
But I don’t want to give up on you
But I will
SNAKE OIL
Here I am again, I am here again
I left the wood and the wet pillow
in the other room, where you’re sleeping
with memories of the snake oil
This is my blood and we’re still developing
If fast asleep, we’re still developing
Snake oil lets the
secrets seep out like
a slow, steady volcano
Sometimes it burns sweet
then sometimes it can burn a hole right through you
But we hold our cards
and we’ve made the phone calls
And this train is moving too fast to jump off
Well maybe I don’t know the first thing about myself
but I am trying really hard to crack this code
and I give up
And it’s true that
when I think about my future I go blank
but you are looking at me
like you’ve got something you can tell me
Well by all means, by all means
THREE LILIES
Now I lay me down to go to sleep
I pray to the lord a safe journey
I wonder where I’ll find myself tonight
My shaman knows by light
I am standing by my world pillar
I can’t see my world pillar
And I’ll stare at this flame
until I see my pillar, until I see it
In the life tree, three lilies
taken by a different perception, now she’s gone
In the life tree, three lilies
Houdini in a dragonfly dress, now she’s gone
I’ll bring back the pieces that I've seen
and try to build a window to the tree
But I can’t bring everything to life
my shaman knows I try
I am standing by my world pillar
I can’t see my world pillar
And I’ll stare at this flame
until I see my pillar
until I see it
In the life tree, three lilies
taken by a different perception, now she’s gone
In the life tree, three lilies
Houdini in a dragonfly dress, now she’s gone
You would not believe the bridges
that I have crossed when I slip into
thet next wave. I have crossed
DEEP DARK SECRETS
Back again on my front lawn those kids
never seem to get enough of it
I’m a flying mint julep
Amber waves come crashing in on the
on the light years of distance between
here and the places in my dreams
Soft night, thick air, long streets,
deep shadows and light years
And I scream at the sky, and it says::
I have my secrets
my deep dark secrets
I have my secrets
Amber waves come crashing in on the
on the light years of distance between
here and the places in my dreams
Don’t let me take him in
and then take him back from me
or you and I are going to have it out
I’m a flying mint julep
Soft night, thick air, long streets,
deep shadows and light years
And I scream at the sky, and it says::
I have my secrets
my deep dark secrets
I have my secrets
This time I still believe,
I still believe that this is right
This time I still believe,
I still believe that this is right
and this is what I need
I know your secrets
your deep dark secrets
LILY AND THE STRANGER
La la Lily—she’s a bell in a saloon
I know how you got yourself
into that run-down place
You never really had a little girl’s innocence
Some men they’ll take it from you
before you’ve learned to say mother
Some men they’ll take it right from you
La la Lily—she is held by an anchor
The air was deadly still
the night she planned to get away
The stranger showed up just in time
to push the winds each way
Silent he was watching
like a calm before the storm
Some men they’ll give it back to you
The things they’ll do
Lily and the stranger
The Jack of Hearts goes straight to your heart,
now Jimmy can’t stand in the way
Another ghost in this ghost town’a hunt down,
jack knife, a dark night get away
La la Lily give my best to Rosemary
MY SHAPE
The sun is getting lower
the air turns slightly crisper
your warmth is leaving my body
I hate the sound of fading
can’t stand the shape you’re drawing
surprised to see us still mortal
But I am not afraid to let go
I am so sorry to hear that
your holy war is over
just when you decided to fight
Something cold and shallow
found its home in your wiring
Hard wiring can be so lethal
But I am not afraid to let go
It turns me over and over
but I feel freedom coming on.
Do you wish I was more fragile?
Do you want to break me?
Do you wish I was more pliable?
Do you want to bend me?
Do you wish I was more fragile?
Do you want to break me?
Do you wish I was more pliable?
Do you want to change my shape?
CIRCLES
I can’t walk, I can’t talk
But I’ve already told you that I’m happy this way
I can’t eat, I can’t sleep
But I’ve already told you that I’m happy this way
Don’t look for the reasons
‘cause I’ve got nothing to tell you at all
Don’t look for the signs anymore
‘cause he’s got nothing to tell you at all
If I’m on the outside looking in
I see those stars are trying to cross our paths again
I know this face ‘cause I’ve seen it once before
And I see those stars
are trying to cross our paths again
Don’t look for the reasons
‘cause I’ve got nothing to tell you at all
Don’t look for the signs anymore
‘cause he’s got nothing to show you at all
In circles and in circles
don’t bring me around, don’t want to live it again
In circles and in circles
don’t bring me around, don’t want to live it again
Don’t call on me
I’ve already told you that I’m happy this way
don’t call on me
I’ve already told you
I’ve already told you that I’m happy this way
THIS AGAIN
I know I’m not there
you remind me everyday
You think that I don’t care
or so you tell me anyway
Just be clear, I’m only crying
because I know what’s ailing you
Just be clear, I’m only crying
because I’m understanding you
I haven’t heard from you all weak
I cannot hear you anymore
and you’ve killed somebody else
and I’ve killed somebody else
Someone? Somebody else
Someone? Somebody else
Well, well, well, is it this again?
Don’t tell me it’s this again
Sugar be sweet, oh sugar, sugar be sweet
Well, well, well, is it this again?
IRAQI SKY
Iraqi sky, Iraqi sky
You saw me, you saw me
And I stopped playing, I stopped playing
in your dream, in your dream
They cleared an isle, they cleared an isle
in your dream, in your dream
And in that isle, in that isle
you held me, you held me
Siamese, you and me
Iraqi sky, another blade to separate us
Siamese tricks on me
Iraqi sky, will it turn to be above me?
JOSHUA
Oh Joshua, come quickly
I’ve got a black out
and I fear the dark
And it’ll be this way
in a scary place
And it’ll be some time
before you come home
Maybe in that dark place
we could see much better
Oh Joshua, come quickly
I’ve got a heart swollen
with this suspense
And it’ll be this way
with our heavy hearts
And it’ll sometime
before you come home
Maybe with our heavy hearts
we could love much better
And everyday is suspended
But I’ll keep your time safe with mine
Maybe in that dark place
we could see much better
Maybe with our heavy hearts
we could love much better
Oh Joshua, come quickly
It’s going to be sometime
before you come home
CADENCE
Pierce these moments, live out this cadence
Say amen, say amen
I am living this cadence, we are living this cadence
I am living this cadence, we are living this cadence
